I've posted our six-year-old littermates Hank and Gus here before, but now they have a little sister.

Sometime last year or the year before a mamma cat had kittens in our condo complex's parking garage. This spring, those kittens were grown up, and the tortoise shell had her own litter in a hole in the wall of our neighbors' patio. Our neighbor was able to scoop up tortie and her kittens right away and take them to the animal shelter.

About three months later, I had some items to donate to the animal shelter, so my wife and I took our two-year old son with us on a Saturday morning as a way to entertain him by letting him look at the animals while I dropped off the donation. They were having their Saturday morning Kitten Adoption Fair, and I saw a little tortoise shell kitten that looked a heck of a lot like the mamma tortie from our garage. I asked what her story was, and the foster mom said that she was found with her siblings in a hole in a wall. She showed me a photo of the two siblings who had already been adopted out as a pair; one was black, which matched mamma tortie's sister, and the other was gray and black striped, which matched a tom cat that I'd seen around our garage. On top of all that coincidence, it was the 10 year anniversary of my wife's and my first date.

So clearly it was fate that brought Zuzu into our family. It barely took a week for Hank and Gus to fully embrace and adopt her, giving her bath time, cuddling, wrestling, and showing her the ropes. She is kind, cuddly, gentle, and affectionate, just like her adoptive older brothers. We're very proud of her for how easily she adapted to joining our family, and we're extremely proud of how our boys have accepted her. Zuzu loves her older brothers, and the feeling is mutual. Here's to more bonded trio posts in the years to come!

Litter mates. BFFLs.

They bonded immediately (to my surprise) and I just love them and their friendship. We had Winston (Tabby) first and thought he would be jealous when we brought home Lola, but he wouldn’t tolerate the slow introduction we tried and they just loved each other right away.

Poppy is the orange and white one he is 8 and lion is the brownish grey white one. He just turned 11 they do everything together and love each other very much

3 and 6 years old, BFFs.

Frankie (orange) and Disco (muted calico)

My bonded pair had a fracture last week, I believe brought on by strays in my neighborhood coming into my yard. They’re currently completely separated, and have only had a few interactions that haven’t ended in the aggressor hissing and howling. Wondering if anyone else has seen this in their bonded pair and can offer some encouragement on if it ever repaired or not.

They’re both females, around 1 1/2 years, and they’re both spayed with clean bills of health from the vet.

I have feliway diffusers but the agony persists.

Loungin’ in the catio.